Sliding pad



C. WARES SLIDING PAD Filed Nov. 14 1922 Fatented @ec. 25, 123.

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CLYDE if/ARES, OF I-IANFOBD, CALIFORNIA.

SLIDING PAD.

Application filed November 14, 1922.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, vVARns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at llanford, in the county of Kings and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Pads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, concise, andexact description of the invention, such as Wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements 1n sliding pads for use by baseball players, having for an object to provide a sliding pad so constructed as to effectually protect or shield a wearer from abrasions, commonly termed strawberries, upon those portions of the hips or legs contacting with the ground during sliding to bases while participatlng 1n the playing of a game.

p it is likewise an object of the invention to provide a sliding pad of the character men tioned, the arrangement of which is such as will permit a portion thereof to at all times cover and shield the hip or leg adjacent which it is worn, irrespective of the movement of the body during sliding, as in the irregular course taken by it when a player executes the so-called hook or fade-away 3o slide. 7

Other objects will be in part obvious and art pointed out hereinafter.

n order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readily understood by persons skilled in the art, I have in the accompanying illustrative drawings and in the detailed following description based thereon, set out one possible embodiment of the same.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application of the pad, in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a detail in side elevation of the improved pad; and,

Figure 3 is a transverse sect-ion taken on the lines 33 of Figure 2 looking in the direction in which the arrow points.

Having more particular reference to the drawing, in connection with which like char acters of reference will designate corresponding parts throughout, my improved pad may be stated to comprise a primary shield, guard or pad designated by the nu meral 1, consisting of a strip of fabric such as is usually employed in the construction of sliding pads of this character having the Serial No. 600,918.

upper portion thereof slightly widened as indicated at 2 whereby to fully cover the hips of a wearer, while the lower or remaining portion of the primary pad is reduced, as indicated by the numeral 3 being of a width and length such as will amply shield and protect the upper portion of the legs of a wearer during sliding. The widened upper portion 2 of the primary pad 1 is adapted to be ar ranged adjacent the inner side of the waist band of the trousers of a baseball player wearer, being fastened thereto in any suitable manner, while the lower portion of the pad depends from this point of jointure with the trousers of the wearer and is adapted to be snugly engaged with the outer portion of the upper part of the wearers leg by means of an elastic band or strap 4 secured at its opposite ends to the side or marginal portions of said lower portion 3 as indicated in the Figure 3.

A secondary pad 5 is arranged upon the primary pad 1 at a bias to the latter and has the upper marginal portion of the same secured by rows of stitching 6 to the upper or widened portion 2 of said primary pad as clearly shown in the Figure 2, the remainder of the secondary pad being free and movable with relation to the adjacent portion of the primary pad 1; being adapted to hang loosely thereover when the player is in a- "standing, running or substantially upright position. In this connection, it will be noted thatby reason of the biased disposition of the secondary pad 5 upon the primary pad 1 that the straight upper marginal portion thereof will be arranged at an incline upon the widened portion 2 of said primary pad 1, but that the curved lower portion 7 of the secondary pad will be permitted to hang or depend from its point of jointure with the primary pad and normally overlie the same.

To ensure free movement of the secondary pad 5 over the lower portion 3 of the primary pad 1, as when a player wearin the same executes a slide a covering or s ield of leather or similar friction receiving ma terial 8 is arranged upon that face of the lower portion 3 of the primary 1 adjacent the dependent portion of the secondary pad 5 and as will be noted, is of a shape or curvature approximately corresponding to that of the lower portion of said secondary pad 5 for an obvious purpose. The shield 8, preferably, is of a size slightly greater than the curved portion of the secondary Cil pad 5 and in consequence, otters ample frictional slidingsurface for the same.

The shield 8 may be secured by rows of stitching 9 to the adjacent portion 3 of the primary pad 1 or as will be readily understood, may be secured in various other ways common in the art.

In use of my improved sliding pad, as hereinbefore stated, the lower or free portions of the primary and secondary pads l and 5 depend from the waist and hip portions of a wearer, extending downwardly over the hip and upper portion of the leg adjacent which it is worn and likewise adjacent the inner side of the particular trouser leg thereover. When a player executes a slide into a base while participating in a game of baseball, the major portion of the stress incident to such sliding of the body will be directed onto the secondary pad 5 causing the same to immediately fold or crumple upon itself longitudinally of the primary pad 1 in a direction opposite to the movement of the players body. By reason of this direction of the major portion of the stress to the secondary pad 5 at the outset of the. sliding movement of the body, it will be understood that with the further application of stress to the device, the same would be applied to the primary pad 1, but in a greatly modified form. Because of thefact that the lower portion 8 of the primary pad 1 is secured to the leg of a wearer, the movement of this, primary pad materially with respect to the adjacent portion of the leg guarded or shielded is reduced and hence, the forming of painful abrasions or so-called strawberries upon the hip and leg portions of such wearer will be prevented. Because of the presence of the antifrictional shield 8, it will be understood that the orumpling or longitudinal movement of the free portion of the secondary pad 5 over the primary pad 1 willbe readily permitted andthat such movement of the secondary pad over the lower portion of the primary pad will not tend to cause the latter to wrinkle or move upwardly or longitudinally over the leg of a wearer and thus expose a portion of the same to the ground during sliding movement of the players body.

Furthermore, because of the biased arrangement of the secondary pad 5 upon the primary pad 1, said secondary pad will be caused to slide over the anti-frictional shield or covering 8 irrespective of the course or path of travel of the body of a wearer during sliding and in consequence, such secondary pad will be permitted, at all times, to receive the initial and major stress of the -slide, irrespective of whether the same is the so-called hook slide or fade-away slide, wherein the body ofthe person sliding is distorted by curving of the sameand the legs in an endeavor to reach the base and at the same time, elude the baseball in the hands of an opposing player. i

' Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification and such modification as is within the scope of my claim, I consider Within the spirit of my invention.

1 claim: p

In combination with ball players trousers a stationary primary pad stitched parallel with the upper edge thereof, a secondary pad arranged at a bias to the first mentioned pad and being of less area than same, said secondary pad being stitched at its upper portion to the stationary primary pad and having its lower end and sides free toimove in any direction, and a leather shield of an area less than the primary pad and equal to the secondary pad positioned between said pads to facilitate the movements as between the pads. V p

In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand.

CLYDE wanes. 

